Dems renew ‘war on women’ focus—Wolf has biggest lead over Corbett in new Q-poll—Roberts ad hits on Wolf x-ray scandal—National Republicans push Brewer to veto Ariz. law —Clinton talks up Grimes

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THE ‘WAR ON WOMEN’ IS BACK: POLITICO’S Edward-Isaac Dovere looks into the Democrats’ “war on women” messaging and its potential payoff in 2014: “Drawing on President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection strategy — and the even larger margins among women that propelled Terry McAuliffe to victory in last year’s Virginia governor’s race — Democrats are rolling out a midterm strategy strongly focused on a pitch to women. And this time, it’s about much more than reproductive rights, access to birth control and funding Planned Parenthood. … Democrats are stressing the benefits to women of Obama’s entire income inequality message, whether pushing for pay equity or highlighting the disproportionate number of women who would benefit from raising the minimum wage. … The logic is simple: Democrats tend to win elections when more women vote, and women tend not to vote as much in midterm years. Those numbers are even higher, in both respects, among unmarried women, who also tend to respond the most strongly to the economic appeal. With Democrats trying to hold onto the Senate, make gains in the House and win several key governor’s races, they need women showing up at the polls and voting for them in numbers that defy those trends.” http://goo.gl/utcMwU

NEW THIS MORNING—POLL GIVES WOLF BIGGEST EDGE OVER CORBETT: A new Quinnipiac poll out this morning finds Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett trailing all his Democratic opponents—and the one with the biggest lead is political newcomer Tom Wolf, the businessman who’s vowed to spend $10 million of his own money on the primary. Wolf leads Corbett by almost 20 points, 52 percent to 33 percent, in the poll. All the other Democratic candidates also top Corbett in head-to-head matchups, but by smaller margins: Rep. Allyson Schwartz leads by 6 points, state Treasurer Rob McCord and former state auditor general Jack Wagner each lead by 7, former state environmental protection secretary John Hanger leads by 3 points and fellow former environmental secretary Katie McGinty leads by 2. By a 55-34 margin, voters say Corbett—one of Democrats’ top gubernatorial targets of this cycle—does not deserve reelection. Full results: http://goo.gl/0thie6

ROBERTS GOING UP WITH SCATHING WOLF AD: POLITICO’s James Hohmann reports that Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts is going on the air with a new, strong ad on the recent scandal surrounding his GOP challenger, Milton Wolf. “Dr. Milton Wolf’s patients trusted him, but stunning news reports show that Wolf exposed private patient X-rays and other personal information on Facebook — where Wolf relentless poked fun at the dead or wounded,” a male narrator says in the commercial, shared in advance with POLITICO. “A Kansas City medical ethics expert called Wolf’s behavior beyond alarming for a professional in the field of medicine. If Milton Wolf is so irresponsible as a doctor, how can he possibly be trusted as a U.S. senator?” Roberts has already booked close to six figures in cable airtime, starting later today—$40,000 in Kansas City, $40,000 in Wichita-Hutchinson and $15,000 in Topeka—over the next 10 days. The story about Wolf, which broke over the weekend, is a big boon to Roberts’s campaign—and it’s not surprising that he’s capitalizing on it. http://goo.gl/8lpfpv

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TED CRUZ WRITES FUNDRAISING PLEA FOR CONSERVATIVE GROUP: Add Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s latest move to the evidence of a GOP intraparty fight between national establishment Republicans and tea party groups. Via POLITICO’s Manu Raju: “The tea party freshman has helped the lower-profile Madison Project, a political action committee working to defeat McConnell and Sens. Pat Roberts of Kansas and Thad Cochran of Mississippi — and prop up other primary challengers in 2014 midterm races. In the mailer, Cruz asks donors to 'pull out all the stops' to elect 'solid, principled, conservative fighters” who will “not answer to the party bosses in Washington, D.C.' While Cruz doesn’t single out any candidate by name, he praised the group for recruiting “viable conservative candidates' and pushing them through 'every single step of the pathway to victory' in 2014.” http://goo.gl/qkph0P

ARIZONA LAW GETS NATIONAL ATTENTION: The Arizona law allowing for denial of service to gay customers is no longer just a local issue: as the political world waits on GOP Gov. Jan Brewer to make a decision, she’s getting pressure from national Republicans to veto the bill. Both Arizona senators, Republicans John McCain and Jeff Flake, came out against the bill, and Mitt Romney tweeted at Brewer that he too thought she should veto it (http://goo.gl/REoX6L). The longer Brewer waits to make her decision, the more coverage this gets—much to the national party’s dismay, as most GOPers in D.C. want the issue to go away as soon as possible. http://goo.gl/YJKAqc

PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS COULD POSE PROBLEMS FOR THE CLINTONS: POLITICO's Josh Gerstein dives into the delayed release of White House records at the Clinton Presidential Library and the impact they could have on 2016: “The long-sealed records pose a delicate series of choices for the Clintons, and even President Barack Obama. They could allow disclosure of the papers, fueling new stories about old controversies like Whitewater and pardons granted as the 42nd president left office in 2001. Or they could fight to keep some or all of the files secret, likely triggering a court battle and stoking concerns that the former president and his wife are unduly secretive. Either way, it’s a potentially messy situation unfolding just as Hillary Clinton — widely considered a clear front-runner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination — mulls over whether to make a second bid to return to the White House.” http://goo.gl/IkGeB8

GOP TURNS TO MARTHA MCSALLY IN COURTING WOMEN’S VOTE: The New York Times looks at the Martha McSally’s push to unseat Rep. Ron Barber in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District and her broader appeal to the GOP: “In Ms. McSally, Republicans believe they have found what they hope is the human solution to their gender gap: A woman warrior to help them combat what Democrats have tried to paint as their “war on women.” … Just as Democrats have sought out more centrist candidates — veterans and middle-of-the-road Democrats who supported gun rights, for instance, in 2006 — in an attempt to appeal to swing voters, Republicans believe that female candidates with compelling personal stories can help them attract female voters.” http://goo.gl/zEB7cw

CLINTON PITCHES FOR GRIMES IN KENTUCKY: As former President Bill Clinton gears up for another busy midterm cycle on the campaign trail, the Courier-Journal has the details about what he said in Louisville for Kentucky Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes: “During a 25-minute speech, he alternately praised Grimes, the daughter of his longtime friend Jerry Lundergan, and took shots at U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who she hopes to beat in the November election. He slammed McConnell’s normal scorched earth campaign tactics — and told the crowd of Grimes partisans that they can't allow McConnell to convince them that their votes in the race don't matter. 'It makes a big difference who wins this election and Alison Lundergan Grimes should win and will win with your help,' Clinton exhorted the crowd.” Clinton was a prolific—and fairly effective—surrogate for Democrats across the country in 2010, and if his schedule lately is any indication he’ll likely be out on the trail frequently this year as well. http://goo.gl/iMNdyo

ACROSS THE MAP—Quick takes from races around the country:

SENATE—

-GA-Sen: GOP Rep. Paul Broun is up with his first TV ad, calling himself the strongest conservative candidate in the race. http://goo.gl/LMNuiy

-KY-Sen: The Senate Conservatives Fund released a 60-second radio ad hitting Sen. Mitch McConnell for various votes, including raising the debt ceiling and ending the government shutdown. http://goo.gl/e4K1Cv

-IA-Sen: A PPP poll finds Rep. Bruce Braley, a Democrat, leading his would-be GOP competitors by an average of 7 percentage points in hypothetical head-to-head match-ups. http://goo.gl/Ug1iUm

-NH-Sen: Former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown is co-sponsoring a fundraiser for Sen. Kelly Ayotte, which former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will also attend. http://goo.gl/oPO0jF

HOUSE—

-GA-01: GOP state Sen. Buddy Carter, running in the race to replace GOP Rep. Jack Kingston, is up with an ad criticizing the Affordable Care Act. http://goo.gl/JuwsiF

-FL-13: Reports say GOP candidate David Jolly received a tax break in 2007 by claiming primary residences both in Florida and DC. In a statement, Jolly said the exemption was rescinded and he paid back the extra taxes. http://goo.gl/YmgESh

-FL-18: GOP candidate Ellen Andel, who was endorsed by former Rep. Allen West in the race for his old House seat, has suspended her campaign. http://goo.gl/cZEEm1

-IL-13: Democratic candidate Ann Callis released her first ad highlighting her career as a judge and her support for veterans. http://goo.gl/GcImS6

-IL-Gov: GOP candidate Bruce Rauner gave his campaign $1.3 million of his own money. http://goo.gl/IueeDk

CODA—QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I may be a white boy, but I can jump.” —The ever-quotable Vice President Joe Biden, speaking at an African-American History month event Tuesday evening http://goo.gl/YjZRYb

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